Newly unearthed court documents show Johnny Depp was abandoned by his "mean" mom as a teen. In 1981 court papers, which until now had been buried in court archives, between Betty Sue Depp and the actor’s father John Depp — who divorced in 1978 when he was 15 — it is claimed her son was "emancipated and self-supporting." But in interviews, the actor has painted a different picture.